Manic Jack Black -- star of King Kong, School of Rock, Shallow Hal, High Fidelity, the forthcoming Nacho Libre (as a wrestling Mexican priest, no less) one half of rock comedy duo Tenacious D, and host of this year's Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Awards -- paused long enough to marry Tanya Haden, triplet (with Petra and Rachel) daughter of jazz bassist Charlie Haden, in a private ceremony in Big Sur, California.
"A couple of weeks ago they eloped and they had a party last weekend," Ruth Cameron, Charlie Haden's wife told AP.
Black, 36 parted with a large chunk of that movie coin to inspire jeweler-to-the stars Neil Lane to craft diamond wedding rings of the multi-carated variety for himself and Haden, 34, whom he originally met when they both attended the Crossroads private high school in Santa Monica. Black reportedly proposed to Haden after Christmas with a $220,000 Lane ring.
"They love each other very much. We're thrilled," Charlie Haden told People magazine. Tanya Haden is an artist, animator, cellist, guitarist and singer, most recently with the band Let's Go Sailing and with her sisters in the Haden Triplets. She also has something to do with this pink fellow (scroll down).
Black will MC the much ballyhooed Nickelodeon's 19th Annual Kids' Choice Awards live telecast Saturday, April 1, April Fools Day, joined by kids' favorites from the worlds of film, music, sports and television in a star-packed, slime-filled live telecast from UCLA's Pauley Pavilion. Among the stars rocking the house from above and below the age of consent will be Bruce Willis, Cameron Diaz, Whoopi Goldberg, Robin Williams, Shaun White, Wilmer Valderrama, Hilary Duff, Justin Timberlake, Jessica Alba, Hugh Jackman, Eve, Lindsay Lohan, Jamie Lynn Spears, Romeo, Ludacris, David Spade, Rob Schneider, Jon Heder, Drake Bell, Josh Peck, Emma Roberts, Jesse McCartney, Avril Lavigne, Tom Kenny, Nick Cannon, Kristin Cavallari, Kevin James, and Devon Werkheiser.
Article comments
1 - Dawn
I love Jack Black.
His wife's a hottie also. Congrats!
2 - Eric Olsen
yes, she's certainly the looker of the triplets
3 - Todd Partain
I need Jack Black to do an intro for my bigfoot movie, "Eyes In The Dark, The Sasquatch Experience" anyone know how I can contact him or mail him please let me know
4 - Todd Partain
Jack Black Saved my life!
I had the pleasure of meeting Jack Black while working as an extra “Sodom Guard” on the set of “The Year One” here in Louisiana. He is truly a character, keeping about two hundred of us extras entertained between takes, he was very approachable, so I gave him a copy of my independent documentary “Eyes In The Dark: The Sasquatch Experience” that I had smuggled in under my costume armour. He perked up immediately and started asking questions about it, after a brief discussion about my adventures in no-budget film making, he remarked, “I can’t wait to check it out, cause you know I’m into Sasquatch and the Yeh-Teh! How incredibly supportive he was!
The Sad Stuff
I started making the documentary in 2005, that’s when I discovered I had a serious health issue, I was temporarily disabled while on chemotherapy, and couldn’t do much but watch videos and surf the net. It was while surfing the net that I discovered that comedian Jack Black was a huge fan of the elusive creatures collectively known as Sasquatch. I asked my wife to bring me Jack Black movies to watch, and they were hilarious! He always seems to work in some reference to Sasquatch, which I found interesting.
Meanwhile, the chemotherapy was brutal, I spent many hours planning the end of my life in a way that would be the least painful for my wife and children. It was thoughts of them, and the distraction of the next ridiculous round of laughter I could gain from Jack Black comedies, that moved my mind away from that train of thought.
Jack Black’s comedy allowed me to escape the horror that was my real life and laugh for a while, when I really, truly needed to laugh.
I vowed to myself that I would survive the chemotherapy and the cancer, finish my little no-budget documentary film, and mail a copy to Jack Black. And I did just that. Months later I was in remission, strong as an ox and finishing the film project.
The only problem was I couldn’t find Jack’s mailing address, at least not one I could verify as real. So the final part of my self imposed mission was at a standstill.
Then, call it good fortune, fate, or what have you. I heard Jack Black would be shooting a movie in town, my wife actually thought she spotted him at the local Target. I was pumped, but still didn’t know how to contact him. Then a casting company called me from an application I had put in right after my recovery for an entirely different Jessica Simpson film. They needed extras for The Year One. It was Jack Black’s movie! I said yes and scrambled to get time off from my job as a telephone lineman.
I finally accomplished my mission just weeks ago when I met Jack. But I never got a chance to tell him the whole story. We were shooting a movie and it was time to get back to work. He doesn’t even know how his comedy saved my life.
Todd Partain